Historical snapshotsenior (5+ yrs)Captured Oct 28, 2026, 1:14 a.m.

Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure, YouTube

YouTube

Location
San Bruno, CA, United States · Onsite
Compensation
$174,000 - $252,000 USD annually
Employment
Not stated
Experience level
SENIOR (5+ years exp)
Specialization
Software Engineer, Google
Source
Google

Role Overview

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Write and test product or system development code.
  • Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
  • Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
  • Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
  • Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Requirements & Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience programming in C++.
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
  • 3 years of experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
  • Experience developing accessible technologies.

Application Instructions

Apply directly on Google Careers at Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure, YouTube.

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Note: In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.